This is our oldest woodland with pines and tall oaks and old coppiced ones, sweet chestnuts, birches, hazels, an old wild pear tree, an old service tree as well as many wild service trees and butcher’s brooms.

There is also a spring here, an absolute delight in the early part of the year with primroses and wood anemones (this is practically the only part of the estate where these will flourish) growing along its course. The Simethis planifolia can be found in drier areas, such as at the feet of the pine trees. Careful management of this area aims to encourage biodiversity in favour of these smaller plants.